our scoop from last night
Kate DuguidScott Bessent’s yen intervention last week blindsided the ECB, who had not been looped in to his plan to sell euros www.ft.com/content/d992...
Hegseth’s blocking of promotions for high-ranking women in the military has contributed to the lowest percentage of such nominations for women in at least 25 years, according to a NYT analysis. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
Iran. Russia. North Korea. “.. Taken separately, these look like isolated incidents. Taken together, they reveal the thickening web of connections among US adversaries — and the contours of a dangerous world full of interlocking rivalries and wars.” www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Job growth appears to be decelerating: +26K/mo over most-recent 12 months +44K/mo over most-recent 6 months +20K/mo over most-recent 3 months -23K this past month
SCHWAB: “.. 3m annualized increase in average hourly earnings eased to +2.26% in July ... that is a new cycle low.” 👀
For month-to-month movements, the payrolls survey is overwhelmingly more informative than the household survey. But when the two diverge over longer periods, there's more reason to worry that the household survey is telling us something.
as both a former marketer and someone who deals with ai a lot now in my professional life: you also have to really consider that a hefty amount of the time people see ai content that is obvious enough for them to recognize, they are dealing with scammers
AftermathHello local business, your AI ads are costing you customers: aftermath.site/ai-poster-ad-f...
Tapper: Senator Moreno said on Sunday that you have admitted privately that you need to get help. Miller: That’s projection. Tapper: Have you ever said that? Miller: No, not to him. Tapper: To anyone? Miller: I think a lot of people within this country see a therapist
Jessica was kind enough to offer to send me a copy of her new book. I’ve been clipping her for the past couple of years, and I can’t wait to read it 🙏
El-Sayed on Vance: Is that Peter Thiel's boy with that Ohio charisma? The last thing that he said that made any sense was Hillbilly Elegy—after he said that Donald Trump had no business being president of anything. And then he decided to suck up to power.
Watch the full video here: youtu.be/hOt5be7IGOs
Parnas: How much money was funneled through these banks to Epstein? Wyden: I think it’s certainly well over a billion dollars. One of the things we pointed out yesterday is that Deutsche Bank failed to properly report to the Treasury Department more than $250 million in suspicious transactions
NEW on “Paper Trail”: A man was convicted of abusing girls in his church. Preachers had known for years about the allegations. Some of the abuse even reportedly took place in the pews during services. So why did they never report him to the police? Listen to the full episode:
NEW: Todd Blanche blew the deadline to respond to my lawsuit. Now, he wants the court to forgive his "excusable neglect." Stay tuned for the latest episode on my YouTube channel breaking down the latest filings, including my own motion to compel Blanche to answer my complaint.
Healthcare workers belong in hospitals, not detention centers. Over 100 nurses rallied outside Maine Medical Center in Portland on Aug 5, forcing ICE to release Debora Kapisha on Aug 6. Organize, speak out, and demand permanent protection for essential workers. 🎥NowThisImpact
DOJ sued 30 states for access to their unreacted voter files. It is 0-21. States where DOJ has lost: AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, IL, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, RI, VA, WI, WV States where we don't yet have decisions: DE, GA, HI, ID, MN, NV, UT, VT, WA